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Fiona
Manning's West Coast Blog 9/27: Rolling
With The Punches |
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By Fiona Manning
Fight Night News Staff Writer
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LOS
ANGELES: Your optically-challenged
correspondent here defied her
doctor's orders and left her house
this weekend with half-blind vision
to watch the stunning new world
premiere of actor Don Scribner's new
play "Two Rooms In The Valley"
playing well, in the valley.
Yes, Vampire Me straddled two (okay,
three) lanes on the 101 freeway to
be front and center for this
hilarious and touching new
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Scribner, an
actor, writer and singer, probably best
known for his turn in "The Cooler"
opposite Alec Baldwin and a recent
appearance in the TV series, "It's
Always Sunny in Philadelphia," gives his
all in a one-man show reflecting on
love, life and...boxing. Thank God this
is a guy who's easy on the eyes (so
don't fret, Dr. Wright!) as well as
being more than easy on the brain.
He bravely recounts a disastrous
internet date with a woman who assumed
his role in "The Cooler" and gave him a
Beverly Hill-style mansion. He shakes
his head remembering her horror at the
sight of his two rooms in the valley -
hence, the show's title.
Scribner eagerly tells his date that
"Slave Girls From Beyond Infinity" is
his favorite movie role.
"Is that a porn movie?" she asks him of
the cult sci-fi hit.
The boxing part of the show is centered
on the fact that Scribner's grandfather
taught him to fight, how to jab, telling
him, "The quickest way to a target is a
straight line. A good big man will
always beat a good little man, so fight
with your head...know when to step
aside."
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Scribner definitely
knows when to step
aside. After one
hour and 10 minutes,
he leaves his packed
houses wanting more.
After the show, he
told me, "I guess in
those days he helped
define me as an
actor. So many of
the guys that I
stood up to could
have 'whipped me'
they just didn't
know it."
His all-time
favorite fighter is
Muhammad Ali. "I
listened to him beat
Liston on a scratchy
radio in the
upstairs bedroom and
felt like I was
there," he said.
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"It was an
incredible
moment for me...
the underdog,
smaller man
won... And, he
seemed to always
fight with
intellect using
his head.
"Today my
favorite fighter
is Damian 'Bolo"
Wills. He is
undefeated and
upcoming. He is
a gentleman... a
very tough
gentleman."
It takes one to
know one.
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Don Scribner is
what we in the
sport of boxing
like to call a
throwback. He
rolls with the
punches and
leads with his
heart.
If you like your
leading men to
tell it like it
is with passion,
conviction and a
great sense of
the ridiculous,
and who knows a
fish hook from a
left hook, catch
this show before
he moves on to
his next movie,
TV show or his
next disastrous
blind date. |
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"Two Rooms in
the Valley"
which was slated
to close last
weekend has been
extended for two
more weeks due
to popular
demand. It plays
Fridays and
Saturdays at
8pm, Sundays 3pm
at The Actors
Forum Theater,
10655 Magnolia
Boulevard, NoHo,
CA 91601. Phone:
818 506 0600.
Tickets $15. You
can contact Don
at
www.donscribner.com.
I’ll be back...
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